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Tatyana Kotlyar: Who are the most powerless people in Russia?

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 25, 2023
Post category:Human Rights Defenders Individuals Kaluga Region Obninsk Refugees and Migrants Tatyana Kotlyar
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28 March 2023 by Tatyana Kotlyar, human rights activist, winner of the MHG Prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [Original source: Facebook] Who are the most powerless people in Russia? It isn't…

Svetlana Gannushkina: It’s not only the people we help who thank us, but also the people to whom we give the opportunity to help

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 20, 2022
Post category:Civic Assistance Committee Human Rights Defenders Refugees and Migrants Svetlana Gannushkina Ukraine War Yabloko
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Svetlana Gannushkina Right Livelihood Award 2016 Stockholm 11 / 2016 Photo: Wolfgang Schmidt 11 June 2022 Svetlana Gannushkina in conversation with Svetlana Prokudina. The original text includes the asterisks '*****'.…

Read more about the article Person of the Week: Migrant rights defender Valentina Chupik released from detention in Moscow and allowed to fly to Armenia

Person of the Week: Migrant rights defender Valentina Chupik released from detention in Moscow and allowed to fly to Armenia

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:October 9, 2021
Post category:Person of the Week Politically Motivated Prosecutions Refugees and Migrants Valentina Chupik
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Week-ending 8 October 2021 On 2 October migrant rights defender Valentina Chupik was released from detention at Sheremetevo airport in Moscow. She boarded a flight to Armenia the same day.…

Read more about the article ECtHR ruling of the week concerns a deportation to Uzbekistan and Russia’s failure to comply with Rule 39 interim measures; ECtHR also announces Navalny poisoning case communicated

ECtHR ruling of the week concerns a deportation to Uzbekistan and Russia’s failure to comply with Rule 39 interim measures; ECtHR also announces Navalny poisoning case communicated

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 5, 2021
Post category:Deportation European Court of Human Rights Ruling of the Week Interim Measures Refugees and Migrants
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Week-ending 5 February 2021 This week the European Court of Human Rights published one judgment with respect to Russia. This case concerned the administrative removal to Uzbekistan of an applicant…

Svetlana Gannushkina Right Livelihood Award 2016 Stockholm 11 / 2016 Photo: Wolfgang Schmidt

Podcast No. 45: Simon & Sergei – with Svetlana Gannushkina

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 16, 2020
Post category:Human Rights Defenders Podcasts Refugees and Migrants Svetlana Gannushkina Svetlana Gannushkina Podcast
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Svetlana Gannushkina Right Livelihood Award 2016 Stockholm 11 / 2016 Photo: Wolfgang Schmidt This week our guest is Svetlana Alekseevna Gannushkina, human rights defender, chair of the Civic Assistance Committee,…